Leonardo da Vinci is one of the greatest geniuses of all time.
He was a painter and actact and engineer and a scientist.
He was born in Vinci,Italy in 1452.
Vinci is a town just outside of the great Italian city,Florence.
His name da Vinci means of Vinci.
Leonardo's father was a lawyer and landowner and his mother was a pasent .
Leonardo's parents were never married to each other.
Leonardo lived with his mother until he was around five years old.
When he was five he moved into the home of his father.
By then, his father had married a 60 new girl.
Leonardo's mather married another man and moved to another town.
She had many more children after that with several different man.
In the end,Leonardo had more than 15 half-sisters and bothers.
As a young man,da Vinci didn't go to school.
He was educated at home, in reading,writing and mathematics .
In other subjects he was mostly south...
He had access to books at his father home.
Leonardo spend a lot of time out doors and developed strong interest in natural .
He loved to observe things,especially birds.
He was also interested in the properties of water.
Leonardo's early draw on ratings ...talent.
His father and his father's friends recognized his talent and encoring him.
When he was 15 he was sent to Florence.
In Florence,he became an apprentice to a famous master painter .
For the next few years Leonardo worked at his master's workshop.
It wasn't long before his ability surpassed that of his master.
Some people say, that his master became jellies of Leonardo great talent.
They the master to never again.
In 1478,
In 1482,he enter the severs
This man was the duo of Milan.
For the next few years,Leonardo designed buildings,machines,of .
Weapons were important because Italy was constantly at war during this period.
From 1485 to 1490,Leonardo produced designs for a variety of weapons.
In his notes, he predict the development
In 1499,the French invaded Italy and Leonardo left Milan.
Altogether,Leonardo spent 70 years in Milan.
During this period he spent much of his time studying nature.
He dissected bodies,both human and animal, to study and illustrate anatomy.
His detailed illustrations are masterpieces.
Leonardo f many note books with draw and ideals.
He wrote backwards, so you need a mirror to read them.
After 5000,Leonardo spend time in the number of Italy cities.
He worked very slowly ,and the rang of his interests was very wide.
As a result,Leonardo left many paintings and projects unfinished.
One painting that he did Mona Lisa he most famous.
People are still interested in this .
Though there are many theories,nobody knows who the woman in the painting really was.
In 1516,Leonardo left Italy for good when the French King,Francis I,offered him a position.
There he had a freedom to paint .
Leonardo died in 1519.67
Some say that the French King was with him when he died.
He was buried in a church which was destroyed during the French Revolution.
The exact location of his remains is unknown .
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